Strategies & Action Plans (VdL Commission) Flashcards
Sustainable and smart mobility strategy
December 2020
3 pillars (sustainability, smart, and safe and secure), 10 flagships and 82 actions.
Targets by 2030:
- 30mn zero emissions vehicles in operation
- 100 climate neutral cities
- 2x high speed train
- scheduled collective travel under 500km will be climate neutral
- large scale deployment of automated mibility
- zero-emissions vessels available
By 2035:
- zero-emissions aircrafts available
By 2050:
- nearly all road vehicles are zero-emissions
- 2x rail freight traffic
- 3x high speed
- comprehensive network of TEN-T is operational
EU climate law
Adopted on 30/6/2021 as Reg. 2021/1119
- climate neutrality in 2050
- 55% reduction in 2030 (compared to 1990)
- Target for 2040 to be set (upcoming in Q1 2024) - 90% reduction by 2040
Forest strategy 2030
July 2021
Objective: (I) increase coverage in respecting ecological principles and (II) improving forests’ resilience.
[among other actions]
- plant 3bn trees
- 310m ton CO2 removal target (set out in LULUC)
Biodiversity strategy 2030
May 2021
Four pillars:
- protecting nature
- restoring nature
- enable transformative change
- a global biodiversity agenda
Goals (among others):
- 30% protection of land and sea (ended up being 20% under nature restoration law)
- 20bn/year for biodiversity
- 50% reduction of pesticides
- 50% reduction in nutrients loss from fertilisers and 20% in their overall use
- 25 000 km of rivers restored to free-flow status
Zero pollution action plan
May 2021
2050 vision of zero pollution
2030 reduction targets:
- 55% of premature deaths due to air pollution
- 30% of people chronically disturbed by transport noise
- 25% of ecosystems where air pollution threatens biodiversity
- 50% pesticides (and similar)
- 50% residual municipal waste, and reduce significantly total waste generation
- 50% waste, plastic litter at sea; 30% microplastics
Beating cancer plan
February 2021
Four key action areas:
1. Prevention
2. Early detection
3. Diagnosis and treatment
4. Quality of life of patients and survivors
10 flagship initiative and multiple supporting actions
4bn funding (1.25 from EU4Health, plus Horizon)
EU strategy on adaptation to climate change
February 2021
Four objectives:
- to make adaptation (see Climate-ADAPT platform)
- to speed up adaptation
- to make adaptation more systemic
- stepping up international action
A pharmaceutical strategy for Europe
November 2020
Four pillars:
1. Access to affordable medicines and address unmet medical needs
2. Competitiveness, innovation, and sustainability
3. Crisis preparedness and response
4. strong EU voice in the world (ie, high quality level and safety standards)
Long-term vision for rural areas (LTVRA)
June 2021
- Rural action plan:
- 4 areas of action: stronger, connected, prosperous, resilient
- 9 flagship initiatives
- 15 actions
- 6 horizontal actions, such as rural observatory and rural proofing - Rural pact
- 3 objectives: amplify rural voices, networking, commitments to act
- Rural pact support office (RPSO)
Endorsed by Council in Nov 2023
Declaration on digital rights and principles for the digital decade
December 2022.
Co-signed by the 3 presidents
Builds upon EU Pillar of Social Rights
6 chapters:
- people at the centre
- freedom of choice
- safety and security
- solidarity and inclusion
- participation
- sustainability
Followed in April 2022 by the declaration for the future of internet with international partners
Builds upon 2017 Tallin declaration (eGovernment), 2020 Berlin declaration and action plan (value-based digital government) and 2021 Lisbon declaration (digital democracy with a purpose)
Path to the Digital Decade - Digital Compass
March 2021
Four cardinal points’ targets for 2030:
- Skills
- 20m IT specialists and gender convergence (8.4m in 2020)
- 80% pop has basic digital skills (56% in 2019) - Secure and sustainable digital infrastructure:
- Gigabit and 5G for everyone (respectively 59% and 14% in 2020)
- 20% of world production in value of chips (10% in 2020)
- 10 000 climate neutrale secure edge nodes
- by 2025, fiat quantum computer with acceleration - Digital transformation of business
- 75% of companies use cloud, big data, AI (respectively, 26%, 14%, and 25% in 2020)
- double the number of unicorns (222 in 2021)
- 90%+ of SMEs reach a basic level of digital intensity (60% in 2020) - Digitalisation of public service
- 100% online
- 100% access to e-records (medical)
- 80% of citizens use eID (60% in 2020)
New EU Bauhaus
SOTEU 2020, communication in Sept 2021
Bring a social and cultural dimension to the GD
It steers social transformation along the value of sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion.
Action plan on Intellectual Property
November 2021
Five key areas:
1. improve IP protection
2. encourage IP use by SMEs
3. Access and sharing of IP
4. Better IP enforcement
5. Fair play at a global level
Detailed actions in the third page of this factsheet
New Pact on Migration and Asylum
September 2020
Set of (many) regulations and policies.
Deliverables to date:
- Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism agreed in June 2022
- Return coordinator appointed (a principal adviser in DG HOME - Mari Juritsch)
- EU Agency for Asylum (EAA), 2022, replaced EASO
Detailed information in this
factsheet
European health Union
November 2020
Objectives:
- better health protection
- prevent future pandemics
- improve the resilience of health systems
Key actions:
- crisis preparedness
- beating cancer plan
- reform pharmaceutical legislation
- comprehensive approach to mental health
Side actions:
- mandates of EMA and ECDC (European centre for disease prevention and control) expanded in 2022
- health data space
- global health strategy adopted in 2022
Farm to Fork Strategy
May 2020
Aims at a sustainable food system and is central to the GD and to the SDGs.
Objectives by 2030
- Reduce by 50% the:
- use of chemical pesticides, more hazardous pesticides.
- nutrient losses in the environment.
- sales of antimicrobials for animals and acqua culture.
- food waste.
- Reduce by 20% the use of fertiliser.
- achieve 25% of total farmland under organic farming.
EU Hydrogen strategy
July 2020
20 key actions divided in four groups:
- Investment
- Boost demands and scale up productions
- Supportive framework
- international dimension
Supportive actions:
- Hydrogen accelerator (part of RepowerEU plan) : 10m tonnes of produced renewable hydrogen plus 10m imported
- European hydrogen bank (2023): unlock private investment and facilitate access to finance; innovation fund auction in Nov 2023
- hydrogen energy network: 2x year meeting of representatives from MSs’ energy ministries
- European Clean hydrogen alliance, bringing together stakeholders around 6 thematic round tables
- Clean hydrogen partnership JU
- Hydrigen public funding compass: guidelines on EU and national funding opportunities
- IPCEI Hy2Teach and Hy2Use: State aid rules for Important Projects of Common European Interest
EU strategy on energy system integration
July 2020
Objective: further integrate the energy sector by linking various carriers (electricity, heat, gas, etc.)
Three elements:
- More circular energy system
- Use of electricity produced by renewable sources
- Promote renewable and low-carbon fuels
A renovation wave for Europe
October 2020
Three focus areas:
- Tackling energy poverty and the worst performing buildings
- Renovation of public buildings
- Decarbonisation of heating and cooling
Accompanied by:
- Action plan with 23 actions in 7 sections
- SWD detailing EU funding opportunities
New Circular Economy Action Plan
March 2020
35 actions divided in 7 sections:
- A sustainable product policy framework
- Key production value chains
- Less waste more value
- Crosscutting actions
- Making the circular economy work for people, regions and cities
- Leading efforts at a global level
- Monitoring the progress
The first CEAP was adopted in 2015 and contained 54 actions, that are now implemented or in progress.
8th Environment Action Programme
May 2022 (1st EAP in 1973, 7th in 2013)
- Six priority objectives (Art 2):
- Reach 2030 GHG target and climate neutrality by 2050
- Enhance adaptive capacity and resilience
- Regenerative growth model (circular economy)
- Zero pollution
- Biodiversity
- Reduce production’s pressure on climate and nature
- Art 3 outlines the enabling framework (e.g., implementation of legislation, sustainable finance, digitalisation, etc.)
- Art 4 concerns monitoring
Next EAP for 2030
European strategy for data
February 2022
- cross-sectoral governance framework
- enablers: investment, infrastructure, interoperability
- competences
- data spaces: 9 sectoral data spaces + European open science cloud
Deliverables: Data Act, Data Governance Act (adopted in 2022), Data spaces
White paper on artificial intelligence
February 2020
Framework based on excellence and trust
Proposal for a legal framework based on risk:
- requirements for high-risk applications (e.g., critical infrastructure, health related, public services, etc.)
- voluntary requirement for no-high risk applications (e.g., chat bots)
Followed in 2021 by Coordinated Plan on AI, updating the 2018 plan
EU strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds
July 2023
Four pillars:
- Empower people and reinforce skills
- Support the industrial ecosystem
- Support public services
- Set up EU standards
It includes 10 actions
Chemical strategy
October 2020
Key actions:
- ban the most harmful chemicals
- account for cocktail effects of chemical when assessing risks
- phase out PFAS
- boost innovation and investment in safe and sustainable by design chemicals
- supply resilience
- “one substance one assessment” process for risk assessments
- play a leading role globally
European economic security strategy
June 2023
Three-dimensional approach:
- promote EU competitiveness
- protect EU’s economic security through existing and new instruments
- partner up
Four area for risk assessment:
- supply chain resilience including energy
- critical infrastructure, including cyber
- technology security and leakage
- weaponisation of dependencies and economic coertion
11 next steps
Strategy for better internet for kids (BIK+)
May 2022
Three pillars:
- Safe internet
- Digital empowerment
- Active participation
Child-friendly version available
Strategy on the rights of the child
Council recommendation on European Child Guarantee
March 2021 and June 2021
Six thematic areas:
- Participation in democratic society
- Socio economic inclusion
- Combating violence
- Child-friendly justice
- Digital and information society
- Global dimension
EU child guarantee:
The objective is to support children in need. Key services:
- free early childhood education and care
- free education
- free healthcare
- healthy nutrition
- adequate housing
MS with child poverty above EU avg (23.4%) , allocate min. 5% of ESF+ to tackle child poverty
EU approach to space traffic management (STM)
February 2022
Four lines of action:
- Assess STM requirements and impact
- Enhance EU operational capabilities
- Foster regulatory aspects
- Promote EU approach at the global level
Cybersecurity strategy
December 2020
Three areas of action:
- Resilience, technological sovereignty and leadership
- Operational capacity to prevent, deter and respond
- Cooperation for a global open cyberspace
Action plan for 5G in the annex
Followed in 2022 by joint Communication COM and HR/VP on EU policy on cyber defence
Security union strategy 2020-2025
July 2020 (I.e., pre UKR)
Four strategic priorities:
- Future-proof security environment
- Tackle evolving threats
- Fight terrorism and organised crime
- Strong European security ecosystem
Space strategy for security and defence
March 2023 (stems from Strategic Compass)
Five key pillars:
- Shared understanding of space threats
- Resilience and protection of space system and services
- Responding to space treaths
- Use of space capabilities for security and defence
- Partner up (UN, USA, NATO, developing countries)
Digital finance strategy
September 2020
Four priorities:
- Remove fragmentation in the digital single market
- Regulatory framework facilitating innovation
- Common financial data space
- Address challenges and risks of digital transformation
European education area
September 2020 (vision to 2025)
February 2021 adopted by Council (2021-2030)
Builds upon previous package 2018-2020, in turn an outcome of the 2017 Guthenburg social summit
Six dimensions (as in COM communication):
- Quality
- Inclusion and gender equality
- Green and digital transition
- Teacher and trainers
- Higher education
- Geopolitical dimension (suppressed in Council Resolution)
(Council added lifelong learning)
Seven targets (as in Council Resolution):
By 2030:
- Less than 15% share of low-achieving 15yo pupils
- Less than 15% share of low-achieving eight-graders in digital skills
- Early childhood participation rate (3yo to primary school) > 96%
- Early leavers less than 9%
- More than 45% of 25-34yo with tertiary education
By 2025:
- 60% of VET graduates receive work based learning
- 47% of 24-64yo participate in learning in the last year (stands in contrast to Skill Agenda’s targets)
Digital education action plan 2021-2027
September 2020
Two priorities:
- Foster a high-performing digital education ecosystem
- Enhance digital skills and competences for the digital age
13 actions and establishment of an European Digital Education Hub
European pillar of social rights Action Plan
March 2021
Supported by EUCO in the Porto Declaration of May 2021
Three targets by 2030:
- 78% of 24-64yo population in employment (72% in 2020)
- 60% training of adults every year (37% in 2016)
- 15m less poverty (95.4m in 2021)
A host of actions are lists in the plan.
Monitoring through the Social Scoreboard.
MSs presented their national targets in June 2022 at the Council
Capital Market Union Action Plan
September 2020
Builds upon the 2015 first CMU AP
16 actions both legislative and non-legislative
3 key objectives:
- Making financing easier for SMEs
- Make it safer to invest for retailers
- Integrate national capital market
Action plan on anti money laundering and terrorism financing
May 2020 (all actions for 2021)
Six pillars:
- Effective application of EU rules (including EBA powers)
- Single rule book to avoid loopholes
- EU-level supervision
- Coordination and support for MSs’ Financial Intelligence Units
- Information exchange and enforcement
- Stronger EU in the world
Action plan for fair and simple taxation
July 2020
25 actions
The measures aim at:
- reducing obstacles and burden
- supporting MSs’ enforcement
- improving exchange of data
- promote taxpayers’ rights
Customs action plan
September 2020
17 actions to make the Custom Union smarter, more innovative, and more efficient.
Key initiatives (among the 17):
- joint analytics capabilities
- single window initiative for businesses
- international custom cooperations
- modern custom equipment
- fight custom fraud
Gender equality strategy 2020 - 2025
March 2020
Objectives:
- ending gender-based violence
- challenging gender stereotypes
- closing the gender gap in the labour market
- achieving equal participation across different sectors of the economy
- addressing the gender pay and pension gap
- closing the gender care gap
- achieving gender balance in decision-making and politics
Builds upon:
- 2016-2019 Strategic engagement for gender equality
- 2010 - 2015 strategy for equality between women and men
new European skills agenda
July 2020
Builds upon the 2016 Skills Agenda
12 actions to join forces, ensure that people have the right skills, support people in their lifelong learning, unlock investment.
Four objectives for 2025:
- 50% participation of adults in learning each year (38% in 2016)
- 30% participation of low-qualified adults in learning each year (18% in 2016)
- 20% of unemployed with recent learning experience (11% in 2019)
- 70% of 16-74 adults with basic digital skills (56% in 2019)
Action plan on integration and inclusion 2021 - 2027
November 2020 - builds upon 2016 action plan on integration
Addressed also to EU citizen with migration background besides 3rd country nationals
Four main areas:
- Education and training
- Employment and skills
- Access to health
- Adequate and affordable housing
Strategy on fighting trafficking in human beings
April 2021
Four areas of action:
- reduce trafficking demand
- break criminal models
- protect, support and empower victims
- international dimensions
Strategy to tackle organised crime 2021 - 2025
April 2021
Four key actions:
- cooperation of law enforcement and judicial authorities
- disrupt networks and tackle high priority crimes
- eliminate crime profits and infiltrations in legal economy
- make law enforcement and judiciary fit for the digital age
Child sexual abuse strategy for 2020 - 2025
July 2020
Eight initiatives concerning regulatory aspects and implementation, industry involvement in product design, prevention, establishing a European centre to prevent and counter child sexual abuse, and global cooperation.
New consumers agenda
November 2020 - building on the 2012 European consumer agenda
22 actions covering five key priority areas:
- Green transition
- Digital transition
- Redress and enforcement of consumer rights
- Vulnerable consumers
- Consumer protection globally
European democracy action plan
December 2020
Three priorities:
- protect the integrity of elections and promote democratic participation
- strengthen media freedom and pluralism (see also media and audiovisual AP)
- counter disinformation, foreign interference and information influence operations
Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter 2020 - 2030
December 2020
Four pillars:
- effective application by MSs
- empowering civil society organisations, rights defenders and justice practitioners
- the Charter as a compass of EU institutions
- strengthen people’s awareness
Strategy on victims’ rights 2020 - 2025
June 2020
Two-strand approach:
- Empowering victims of crime
- Working together for victims rights
Five key priorities:
- effective communication with victims and safe environment for victims to report crime
- improve protection of most vulnerable victims
- facilitate victims’ access to compensation
- strengthen cooperation among relevant actors
- strengthen international dimension of victims’ rights
Chips Act
February 2022
Five strategic objectives:
- strengthen research and technological leadership towards smaller and faster chips
- build and reinforce capacity to design, manufacture and package advanced chips
- increase production to 20% of the global market by 2030
- address skill shortage
- develop in-depth understanding of supply chains
Action plan to improve synergies between civil, defence and space industries
February 2021
Main goals:
- enhance complementarity (synergies)
- promote that defence R&D investment pays dividends to citizens (spin-offs)
- facilitate use of industry and civil innovation for defence (spin-ins)
11 actions including three flagship projects:
- EU drone technologies
- EU space-based global secure communication system
- space traffic management
Social economy action plan
December 2021 - building on 2011 Social Business Initiative
Social economy organisations are entities with put social and environmental purpose first
Three areas:
- framework conditions to thrive
- capacity building
- ensure the social economy is recognised
10 actions
Strategy for a stronger and more resilient Schengen area
June 2021
The strategy aims to:
- ensure effective management of the EU’s external borders
- reinforce the Schengen area internally
- improve preparedness and governance
- enlarge the Schengen area
Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life 2021 - 2030
October 2021
The strategy focuses on:
- preventing and combating all forms of antisemitism
- protecting and fostering Jewish life in the EU
- education, research and Holocaust remembrance
- leading the global fight against antisemitism
Care strategy
September 2022, first part adopted by Council recommendation in December 2022
On early childhood education and care, revision of 2002 Barcelona targets on early education participation rates by 2030:
- 50% of children of age below 3yo (Council changed to 45%, or increase by 90% for MSs that still are less than 20%. It was 33% in 2002)
- 96% of children between 3yo and primary school (same as Education Area, retained by Council. It was 90% in 2002)
On long term care:
- improve conditions in the sector
- better work-life balance
- Invest in care
Strategy for universities
January 2022
Four joint key objectives:
- strengthen the European dimension in higher education and research (4 flagship initiative below)
- support universities as lighthouses of the European way of life
- empower universities as actors in the twin green and digital transition
- reinforce universities as drivers of EU’s global role
Four flagship initiatives:
- Erasmus+ European Universities Initiative
- legal statute for alliances of higher education institutions
- joint European degree
- European Student Card initiative
Strategy for sustainable and circular textiles by 2030
March 2022
Vision for 2030:
- all textile products are durable, made of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances, respectful of social rights
- high quality (“fast fashion is out of fashion”)
- re-use and repair services available
- competitive, resilient and innovative textile sector
- circular rather than throw-away
24 actions divided in four sections:
- actions under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation after its adoption
- other actions of sustainable production and consumption
- actions on waste challenges
- actions to enable the transition
Union of equality: strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030
March 2021 - builds upon the 2010-2020 strategy
Objective: to ensure that all persons with disabilities:
- enjoy their human rights
- have equal opportunities
- are able to decide where how and whit whom they live
- move freely in the EU
- no longer experience discrimination
The strategy contains a number of actions and 7 flagship initiatives.
Offshore renewable energy strategy
November 2020
Technologies: offshore bottom-fixed wind, floating offshore wind, ocean energy technologies, biofuels from algae and floating photovoltaic
Main elements:
- investment (estimated need of 800bn by 2050)
- regional cooperation
- predictable legal framework
- strengthen supply chains and innovation
Climate target plan 2030
September 2020
Policies to achieve 55% emissions reduction:
- ETS
- energy efficiency
- renewable energy
- road transport CO2 standards
- LULUCF
- effort sharing
EU policy on cyber defence
November 2022 - follows strategic compass; different than 2020 cybersecurity strategy
Four pillars:
- acting together for a stronger EU cyber defence
- securing our defence ecosystem
- investing in capabilities
- partnering to address coming challenges
Power of trade partnership
June 2022
20 actions
Six priority areas:
- approach anchored in multilateral agreements and cooperation
- countries-specific approach
- mainstream sustainability
- increase monitoring of implementation
- reinforce the role of civil society
- strengthen enforcement on sustainability
Action plan for Grids
November 2023
14 actions to make EU’s electricity grids stronger, more interconnected, more digitalised and cyber-secure.
Presented along with 166 Projects of Common Interest.
Shaping Europe’s digital future
February 2020
Action plan with three pillars:
- Technology that works for the people
- A fair and competitive digital economy
- An open, democratic and sustainable society
Standardisation strategy
February 2022
Five keys set of actions:
- Anticipate needs in strategic areas
- Improve governance and integrity of EU standardisation system
- Enhance EU global leadership
- Support innovation
- Next generation of standard experts
Green deal industrial plan
February 2023
Four pillars:
- Predictable and simplified regulatory system (eg NZIA, energy market, raw materials…)
- Faster access to funding
- Enhanced skills
- Open trade for resilient supply chains
Media and audiovisual action plan
December 2020
Three themes and 10 actions:
- Help recover and support the industry
- Transform towards green and digital future
- Enable innovation and empower citizens
New innovation agenda
July 2022
25 actions under five flagships:
- Funding for deep tech scale ups
- Enable innovation through experimentation spaces and public procurement
- Accelerate innovation in innovation ecosystems and addressing the innovation divide
- Talents
- Improve policy making
Urban agenda
Pact of Amsterdam 2016 (member states) and 2019 declaration (of eu ministers)
Reconfirmed Ljubljana agreement 2021
To:
- improve existing regulation
- funding and innovation
- share knowledge
14 themes
New Leipzig Charter 2020
European drone strategy 2.0
November 2022
19 flagship actions
Possible use cases by 2030:
by 2030:
- Emergency services, mapping, imaging, inspection and surveillance within the applicable legal frameworks by civil drones, as well as the urgent delivery of small consignments, such as biological samples or medicines.
- Innovative Air Mobility services, such as air taxix.
Transition pathway for tourism
February 2022
Strategy with 27 actions
Stems from the industrial strategy
Health and safety at work - strategic framework 2021-27
June 2021
tripartite approach involving EU institutions, member states, social partners and other stakeholders
Three key objectives:
- prevention: improve prevention of work-related diseases and accidents (‘vision zero’ approach)
- change: anticipate and manage change
- preparedness: for future health threats
LGBTIQ equality strategy 2021-25
November 2020
Mainstreaming across policies
Four pillars:
- Tackling discrimination
- Ensure safety
- Build inclusive societies
- Lead around the world
Roma strategic framework 2020-2030
October 2020
Seven key areas: equality, inclusion, participation, education, employment, health, housing
9 targets
Anti-racism action plan 2020-2025
September 2020
Various areas of action:
- EU legal framework
- employment economy housing and care
- extremism and hate speech
- fair policing and protection
- better data collection
- education and remembrance
- diversity in COM
Youth strategy 2019 - 2027
Council resolution
Engage, connect, empower
11 goals
Methane strategy
October 2020
25 actions
- Five cross-sectoral actions
- Sectoral specific actions for energy, agriculture, and waste sectors
- International action
Solar energy strategy
May 2022
Three initiatives:
- EU solar rooftops initiative
- EU large-scale skills partnership
- EU solar PV industrial alliance
Organic action plan
April 2021, stems from Farm to fork
Three axes:
- Stimulate demand and ensure consumer trust
- Stimulate production and processing
- Strengthen environmental sustainability
